On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 13:34, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 12:28 am, Paul wrote: > > I cannot use urpmi to update. When I use the software management in MCC > > I get an error message "there is an error while adding the update medium > > via urpmi, may be due to a broken or temp.unavailable mirror". This is > > repeated on all mirrors. > > > > If I attempt to updtae via software sources manager, it goes through the > > updating process but then states it is unable to update. > > > > ps -A shows no running urpmi prior to me attempting. > > > > I have looked around but found no reference to this. > > > > Any advice, please? > > > > Paul M > > First stupid question :- You are online when you do this are you? > > Second stupid question :- Do you already have an update source defined when > you try adding a new one? What are you entering when you add a source? > > Third not so stupid question :- What do you see if you do 'urpmi.update > --wget -a' from a root command line? Post the output. > > Suggestion :- There is an update for urpmi itself and for curl which fixes > issues downloading from some sources. If the urpmi.update command works then > update urpmi and curl from the command line with > urpmi --wget urpmi curl > If that works then the Mandrake GUI should then also work. > > HTH > > derek
Thanks for the mail, Derek. 1. yes 2. if I attempt to get a mirror from urpmi/grpmi I get the 'unavailable mirror' message. When I tried your suggestions, no go. But, when I attempted to reproduce the problem to get the exact error messages, I started to get a download of the Sewdish hdlist, but it then stated that the list was void. I tried again, and connected. Can't figure it. I can also connect to the Turkish mirror for texstar, but not the main site. many thanks Paul M
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